I can honestly say I’m not a Taylor Swift fan, and that’s not because I don’t like her it’s just I don’t really fall into her target audience. I prefer to listen to music that caters to my age group and a bit more maturity.
It wasn’t until I was …

Throwin The Round Ball is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their second release Danse Manatee. In contrast to Runnin The Round Ball, this track has far less of a building feel to it, but it is also another instrumental. Rather than having a more traditional musical …

The Youth is the third track on MGMT’s second album, Oracular Spectacular. MGMT has frequently been called a neo-psychedelic band and I think that this track really demonstrates that, particularly the lyrics of the song. Listening to the first lyrics of the song, a listener should immediately get a …

There was such a major controversy over the fact that Taylor Swift got snubbed by Kanye West during the middle of an award ceremony just so that he could talk about how much more qualified Beyonce was for the award. Though many would agree with him, I think that …

Overview —“ Come Again, the debut album released by the Canadian rock band Thornley, is actually one of the first rock albums that I really remember listening to and making quite an impression on me. This is an album that carries more personal meaning to me just because it …

Unconsciously Screaming is a song by the Flaming Lips and the second track on their fourth record, In A Priest Driven Ambulance. Taking on a slightly more aggressive sound than the previous track of the record, Unconsciously Screaming features a vocal performance from Coyne which is somewhat harsh throughout …

As a fan of most kinds of rock music, I find myself scouring the internet for bands I have never heard of, and songs I have never heard before. Sometimes I will spend hours and hours just looking for new music, and while I find something truly amazing sometimes, …

The Steve Vai Morley wah 2 is the efficient pedal for adding those wah effects that Vai the virtuoso himself used on his records as well.This wah has two selectable footswitches the Bad Horsie mode and the counter mode, for your own wah tone that you can create with …

I bought the Mahalo U3 Soprano Ukulele for 20 euro. I was told in the music store that it was not a very good version of the ukuele and that it just for fun. I would dispute this. I find that the Mahalo U30 is very playable. …

Shaved Gorilla is a song by The Flaming Lips which appears on their third record, Telepathic Suicide. Opening up with a sampling of what sounds like a classic Disney film, Shaved Gorilla opens up with a very lighthearted mood and innocent sound. Once this opening sampling ends, a moderately …

Memories is a song by Weezer which appears on their album Hurley. Oddly, the song opens up with an abstract sounding intro before going into the rest of the track which carries the very characteristic Weezer power pop sound. The intro personally seemed a bit disjointed from the rest …

“Hey Self Defeater” is the opening track on Mark Mulcahy’s debut and overlooked album “Fathering”. At first listen you may notice that “Hey Self Defeater” is a minimalistic and bare bone approach to a song. The whole basis of the song focuses on 2 instruments, a clean electric guitar …

Cher has been around for as long as I can remember. I used to watch her on the Sonny and Cher show faithfully every week in the 1970’s. She has certainly come a long way since those days as is witnessed by her song Believe. This is one of …

I was prepared to dislike the new CD my husband came home with the other day. I take pride in believing that I have much better tastes in music than he does, and while I know little about Iggy Pop’s recent work, I was skeptical about the new CD, …

College is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their album Sung Tongs. The track opens up with a brief spoken section before the vocals to the track come in along with an odd background noise which I’m not sure how to characterize. The vocal harmony goes on …

I am reviewing the newest album by Live.The group that was out before with all of the great music they had.Like, I Alone,Iris,All over You, Lighting Crashes ,as well of a lot of good other song that was on there first album.They just came out with a …

I first saw this band performing live on Saturday Night Live. I was interested in the music right away; this music was right up my street. The band performed two songs. The first one was Comeback Kid, and I loved this tune the first time I heard it. …

As the front man of the popular Florida band Tabitha’s Secret and later of the more globally known Matchbox 20, Thomas performed very well. However, I feel that his most profound songwriting and performing ventures have been as a solo recording artist.
‘Smooth’ is a song with a slightly Spanish …

Sean Paul is a reggae/dancehall artist hsiling from Jamaica and he has been a hit since he came on the scene years ago. I love his music and his new CD came out a while back called A New Age 2008. One of the songs that is featured on …

Graze is a song by Animal Collective and is the opening track to their EP Fall Be Kind. Opening up with a classical music-like tone, Tare soon enters the mix with his vocal performance which is the focal point of the track in my opinion. Aside from some steady …

R. Kelly ft. T-Pain & T.I.
“I’m A Flirt (Remix)”
Double Up
Jive Records
R. Kelly returns with the assistance of T.I. and T-Pain for his first single and music video “I’m A Flirt (Remix)” off of his eighth studio album titled “Double Up” (taking cues from good old Mase now are we?). …

Blowin’ In The Wind, one of Bob Dylan’s most famous and ionic songs throughout his extremely lengthy career proves to certainly meet it’s reputation as the track itself is just great. As with most early Bob Dylan, or rather most Bob Dylan for that matter, the track isn’t driven …

3 doors down
For as long as I can remember I have absolutely loved this band. I can remember dancing to their songs at dances back in the sixth grade and loving every second of it. I am a huge rock fan, all kinds of rock, but I …

The song Kairo by biniou is a really amazing song. Even someone that doesn’t know the Japanese language can enjoy its beauty.
The song starts out with a lovely introduction. The woman singing beats the music to the punch, singing a few lines before it goes into a break …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 15″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
Part 15 of “Trapped in the Closet” picks up from where Part 14 left off with Twan, Tina, Sylvester, and Roxanne in the empty restaurant. Twan wants to act out his anger on both women because they are the reason for …

Essplode is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their second album, Danse Manatee. Opening up with a more traditional sound, I’m somewhat reassured by this and hope that the band doesn’t push the song to a dissonant extreme as they’ve done already with two tracks on the …

“Crazy Love” by Michael Buble is the latest album by a young man who has been quietly building a reputation as a modern-day Frank Sinatra. He draws upon a similar body of music and brings to it a freshness that it surprising in a canon which most observers would …

I first loved Randy Crawford way back 1982, when I was 12 years old, upon hearing “People Alone.” Her voice was so sweet and soothing, and everyone among my 12-year old crowd loved her. “One Hello” was also a …

This album is the album that allowed The Offspring to enjoy mainstream success, and for good reason! This is easily one of their best albums with some of their best songs. This album and Americana are my absolute favorites from this band. This album has some really classic stuff …

Lenny Bruce is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Shot Of Love. Thankfully Shot Of Love is basically the last of Dylan’s records where religious themes are prominent throughout many of the lyrics of the song and on an even better note, Lenny Bruce doesn’t …

One Of My Lies is a song by Green Day which appears on their album Kerplunk. The track starts out with a pretty raw sounding three-chord guitar riff before the bass and drums join in. Something I like about the sound thus far is that the production really isn’t …

The sophomore jinx? No, not for this band. Soundgarden’s second album, Louder Than Love is a testament to their domination over pretenders at the time. And one song says it better than any: Big Dumb Sex. The title alone is intriguing enough that it warrants a listen.
There are some …

Metallica’s debut 1983 album Kill Em All was going to be titled “Metal up your ass” but the record company made them change it before it’s release. This could be Metallica’s most impressive album, technically. The parts are faster then most anything by Metallica, the solos are huge, and …

Overview —“ South Of Heaven, the fourth album released by Slayer, definitely slowed things down after the extremely thrash driven Reign In Blood. I know that when people tend to think of slayer they think of extremely heavy metal, but more importantly, they think of extremely fast metal. When …

Overview - Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd’s seventh album which pays tribute to Syd Barrett, is basically a mix of three songs and two musical epics. After Dark Side Of The Moon, which was a bit more song based, Wish You Were Here still showcases the group strong …

You heard it when people say, “Pay attention to the lyrics, that’s where you know it’s true.” Well I think they are right and wrong at the same time. For the conventional thinking of everyone, a song is considered good because of its lyrics, but I think there are …

The hardcore rock scene has seen a decline in its hardcore aspect over the last few years, sounding more like pop driven radio friendly alternative than anything else. While Hopesfall may be a decent band, “Head General Hospital” seems to try to hard to reclaim some of the edge …

“Low” is the number 1 single by the band Cracker. I’m actually kind of surprised that nobody has written a review for such a memorable and catchy song already. “Low” single handedly brought recognition for the band Cracker and significantly boosted their record sales for their 1993 album “Kerosene …

Norah Jones darted quickly in about two years, beginning from an unknown club she became very famous. This new artist to get almost all the awards. Her voice produces 8 million USD in sales of her albums, she also won a Grammy in 2001. Jones started her album entitled …

Troye Sivan is really showing huge promise for an explosive end of 2015. His debut album “Blue Neighbourhood” will be released on December 4, competing (unfortunately) with the big band Coldplay and in the shadow of Adele’s triumphant return. Either way, I still believe Troye will certainly deliver, may …

This song, Because of You by Kelly Clarkson is really sweet and painful to listen to if you are on a heartbreak spree. I wonder how did singer Kelly Clarkson managed to sing such a sweet and if you listen to this song, you could really feel the pain …

One singer whose songs I have always been familiar with, is the singer Donna Summer. This came about as a result of two main reasons. The first was that I have heard her songs playing on the radio over the years and liked them, and the second reason is …

“El Rodeo” happens to be on Kyuss last studio album …And The Circus Leaves Town. Although the actual album wasn’t Kyuss best albums compared to the excellent “Blues for the Red Sun” and equally good “Welcome to Sky Valley”, it did churn out this little diddy. “El Rodeo” happens …

I did not really know much about Meg & Dia until I heard one of their songs while on MySpace. That is where they became popular initially. They won the MySpace band award for Warped a few years back. Meg & Dia are two sisters who released two albums …

Backing by musicians such as Slash, Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen, Greg Bissonette, Simon Phillips, Sammy Davis Jr. and Lenny Castro, there is no reason for you to feel scared listening to the roar of guitars played by Steve Lukather and his friends.This album is dominated by …

The band Type O Negative perhaps are just trying to be funny and they certainly don’t lack in the humor department. Perhaps that what makes the Drab Four different from other goth band, they make doom and gloom music so damn fun. They open up their Bloody Kisses …

The End Of Heartache is Killswitch Engage’s third album, second album on Roadrunner Records, and first album to feature vocalist Howard Jones as Jesse Leach’s replacement. The album was released in 2004, and like the last 2 albums was again produced by drummer Adam Dutkiewicz. If you are looking …

Forever and Ever Amen by Randy Travis is a great love song about couple getting married. It tells a story about how they used to be wild in their younger days and now they are wondering if they can be faithful to each other forever and ever. It reminds …

Keep Holding On by Avril Lavinge is a song that is a beautiful ballad. This song is sad but it gives some people hope when they know someone else is willing to stay with them through any thing. I love this song for the hope it fills you with …